Note that all cases are different, and that litigation involves risk and luck.
Past settlements are not necessarily a reliable predictor of future success.
Dana-Farber Settles Suit Alleging Data Manipulation For $15 million Retraction Watch (December 2025) (reporting in-depth on Dana-Farber Settlement including quotes from Eugenie Reich, our client Sholto David, and independent legal experts)
Firm Press Release: Eugenie Reich & Gregg Shapiro Announce $15 Million NIH Grant Fraud Settlement (December 2025) Complaint Settlement Agreement DOJ Press Release
Scientific Fraud in the 21st Century (Video Lecture) Sandia National Laboratories (October 2025)
Justice Department Unexpectedly Drops Fraud Case Against Alzheimer’s Scientist Science (October 2025) (quoting Eugenie Reich on advantage of civil grant fraud recovery over criminal prosecution in scientific fraud matter)
Why Colleges Rarely Revoke Tenure WGBH Podcast (June 2025) (Kirk Carapezza quoting Eugenie on causes of scientific fraud)
Confidential Resolution of Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death Against U.S. Doctor and Medicare Advantage Home Nurse (May 2025)
Legal Obstacles & Opportunities to Correct the Record (speaking at Fostering Accountability in Research Studies, Oxford University)(April 2025)
Scientific Fraud in the 21st Century, Zernike Colloqium at the University of Groningen Faculty of Science & Engineering (April 2025)
Release of Second Edition of Plastic Fantastic: How The Biggest Fraud In Physics Shook The Scientific World (March 2025)
How Scientific Leaders Should Respond To Shock And Awe Retraction Watch (January 2025)
BKJS Podcast Interviews: Part 1 on Plastic Fantastic, Scientific Fraud & Institutional Norms, Part 2 on the Legalities of Scientific Fraud (November 2024)
The Feds Want More Oversight Of Scientific Research. Universities Are Fighting Back Wall Street Journal (March 2024) (Nidhi Subbaraman quoting Eugenie on Office of Research Integrity enforcement limitations)
Mini-Notes on Scientific Whistleblowing AIMOS Metascience conference, Brisbane, Australia (November 2023)(online presentation)
How To Read A Court Docket Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School (June 2023) (online presentation)
When Whistleblowers Need Lawyers Retraction Watch (May 2023)
Whistleblower Lawyers of the Year Award Taxpayers Against Fraud (October 2022)(prize award for the Biogen litigation team)
DOJ Press Release: Biogen Inc. Agrees To Pay $900 Million To Settle Allegations Related To Improper Physician Payments (September 2022)
Supreme Court Reshapes The Landscape of False Claims Act Litigation (May 2017)
Science Reporting
Dark-Matter Experiment Comes Up Empty-Handed Nature (October 2013)
Symmetry Study Deemed A Fraud Nature (May 2013)
Agencies Urged To Check For Duplicate Grants Nature (January 2013)
Boston Scandal Exposes Backlog Nature (October 2012)
War of Words Over Tribal Tongue Nature (May 2012)
Proponent of Supersolid Helium Joins Skeptics Nature (October 2012)
Misconduct Ruling Is Silent On Intent Nature (September 2012)
Electro-Optic Dye Triggers Ethics Row Nature (September 2012)
Father of GPS Rapped for Conflict of Interest Nature (August 2012)
Misconduct Oversight at the Department of Energy: Investigation Closed Nature (August 2011).
See also Reich v. U.S. Dep’t of Energy, 784 F. Supp.2d 15 (D. Mass. 2011).
Acrimony Over Nanoconstruction Nature (August 2011)
Whistleblower Claims His Accusations Cost Him His Job Nature (June 2011)
Dark Matter No-Show Confronts Supersymmetry Nature (April 2011)
Radio Antenna Decision Makes Waves Nature (February 2011)
Cancer Trial Errors Revealed Nature (January 2011)
Missing Part Delays Space Mission Nature (January 2011)
The Supersolid’s Nemesis Nature (December 2010)
G-Whizzes Disagree Over Gravity Nature (August 2010)
Former MIT Biologist Penalized For Falsifying Data Nature (February 2009)
Data Irregularities in the Work of MIT Professor New Scientist (October 2005). See also More Doubts Raised On Fired MIT Professor The Boston Globe (October 2005)(Marcella Bombardieri and Gareth Cook reporting on my investigation).
Bubble-Fusion Researcher Debarred From Federal Funding Nature (November 2009)
Silencing The Hype – Doubts Over The Bubble-Fusion Claims of Rusi Taleyarkhan Nature (March 2006)
Loopholes In DOE Oversight Nature (December 2007)
Oak Ridge Researchers Admit Errors The Boston Globe (November 2006)
Doubts Over Stem Cell Images Prompt Inquiry New Scientist (August 2009)
Stem Cell Researcher Guilty of Falsifying Data New Scientist (October 2008)
Fresh Questions On Stem Cell Findings New Scientist (March 2007). See also Panel Finds Flawed Data in a Major Stem Cell Report The New York Times (February 2007) (Nicholas Wade reporting on my investigation with Peter Aldhous).